Witchdoctor song?
John Schulien
The chorus was a bunch of nonsense words. Anyone know what I'm
talking about? Who's the author? What's the title? Thanks! - John
Jeffrey R. Gottloeb
This is from a song called the Witchdoctor. It was released in
December 1958 by Ross Bagdasarian (sp?) (aka David Seville). It was his
first record.
BTW, Ross Bagdasarian's cousin was William Saroyan, the playwright.
Jeff Gottloeb
gott...@gumby.dsd.trw.com
Travis Prebble
Let's give this one a try...
Oo ee oo ah ah
Bing bang walla walla ting tang
(repeat)
For some stupid reason, it has now become the theme of the game Dr. Mario
(who so oddly end it with the phrase "And then he shrunk my head").
I first heard this song when I was about 5 on an old Chipmunks album.
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Bill Gripp
I have an Alvin and the Chipmunks album from circa 1962 (I was a
preschooler then) which has this song. The chorus is something like:
Oo Ee Oo Aa Aa
Oo Ee Walla Walla Bing Bang
Oo Ee Oo Aa Aa
Bing Bang Walla Walla Bing Bang
I think the title is The Witchdoctor.
Jessica Raine
It's "The Witch Doctor", by David Seville and the Chipmunks. Don't know
exactly when it was recorded, but it's played a lot on my favourite oldies
station.
Brian Leibowitz
According to Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., the Ross, Sr. was trying to decide on a
name for the Chipmunks and was considering diferent animals and "he was
driving along the road - and this is a true story - when this chipmunk
almost dared him and his huge car to drive past. My dad was so impressed
by this audatious behaviour that he decided to make the three singing
characters chimunks."
(preceding info and quote are from an article in Goldmine)
>This is from a song called the Witchdoctor. It was released in
>December 1958 by Ross Bagdasarian (sp?) (aka David Seville). It was his
>first record.
Close but no cigar.
It was not his first record. It was his first record using the technique
he used for the Chipmunks. Witchdoctor was not credited as the Chipmunks-
that name was created for his later work. (Although the song was reissued
or rerecorded as the Chipmunks.) It was followed by the "Chipmunk Song"
and "Alvin's harmonica" (The flip sides of these were not Chipmunks songs,
They are "Almost Good" and "Mediocre" respectively. A
piano plays a tune and Bagasarian makes the comment "Almost Good" every
once in a while in the former and the latter has him saying "that's er...
Really, that.........(ending with)that's mediocre, I can't publish that.")
His first published song was "Come On-A My House" recorded by Rosemary
Clooney.
There is an album called "The Mixed up World of Bagdasarian" Liberty LRP-3451
1966
There is a 78 (also on 45) called "The Trouble with Harry" by Bagdasarian
credited to Alfi and Harry. It is a singer argueing with his piano player
who will only play one tune (similar to the Fools "She makes me Feel Big")
The song is "inspired" by Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Trouble With Harry"
(the only reference to the movie is the title and credits)
He also wrote a song called "I wish I was a Car" sung by Mary healy and Peter
Hayes on a 78. Where the girl wishes she was a car so her boyfriend would
pay attention to her.
Ken Thompson
The Witchdoctor is by David Seville, the same man that brought you the
Chipmunks recordings...
The chorus of that particular song is what you're refering to with the
nonsense words...I'm humming the song im my head now; I don't recall the
lyrics, tho...
Scooby
this is a sixties song by david seville (a.k.a the chipmunks); recently
nintendo has been using it to advertise their new gameboy game.
---scooby
still lurking...
... and taking notes
Sandy Silverman
oo ee oo-ah-ah
ting tang walla-walla bing bang,
oo ee oo-ah-ah
ting tang walla walla bing bang
--
Sanford Silverman >Opinions expressed here are my own<
American Cyanamid
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gsei...@math16.math.umbc.edu
years ago, and she learned it from HER mother. The song goes:
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you.
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you.
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do
He told me:
Oo ee oo ah ah
Ting tang walla walla bing bang
Oo ee oo ah ah
Ting tang walla walla bing bang
And there is another verse or two but I do not recall them.
Jeff Nivin
OK, I'm not that old, but I do know that it was recorded by David Seville.
It may not be BY Seville, but then most songs are remembered by who
recorded them.
and, hey, gseidman, it's called decaf - look into it.
niv
gsei...@math16.math.umbc.edu
>In article <1ku67u...@news.umbc.edu> gsei...@math16.math.umbc.edu (gsei...@math14.math.umbc.edu) writes:
>>Goddammit, it is NOT by David Seville. My mother was singing that with me
>>years ago, and she learned it from HER mother. The song goes:
>OK, I'm not that old, but I do know that it was recorded by David Seville.
>It may not be BY Seville, but then most songs are remembered by who
>recorded them.
>and, hey, gseidman, it's called decaf - look into it.
Heheh. Sorry. Acquired from someone else's .sig:
Coffee Facts from Dr. Science:
1) You can never brew coffee too strong.
2) You can never drink too much coffee.
3) Coffee does not make you nervous. Your own inadequacies do that.
Coffee merely increases your perception of your own inadequacies.
4) Tea is to coffee as ginger ale is to Scotch.
> niv
--Greg
unknown
>
>Coffee Facts from Dr. Science:
>1) You can never brew coffee too strong.
>2) You can never drink too much coffee.
>3) Coffee does not make you nervous. Your own inadequacies do that.
> Coffee merely increases your perception of your own inadequacies.
>4) Tea is to coffee as ginger ale is to Scotch.
>
>> niv
>--Greg
>
>
>
PS (He knows more than you)
paul
st92...@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
1) You can never brew coffee too strong.
>2) You can never drink too much coffee.
>3) Coffee does not make you nervous. Your own inadequacies do that.
> Coffee merely increases your perception of your own inadequacies.
>4) Tea is to coffee as ginger ale is to Scotch.
Don't forget:
5) There is no such thing as a bad cup of coffee.
6) "Even a bad cup of coffee is better than no cup of coffee at all."
----David Lynch
Happy Sunday (Can't wait 'till 11)
Todd @ Brandeis
PS, thanx f
PS, thanx to all that wrote about the RCAF. much appreciated.
Jeff Morris
>years ago, and she learned it from HER mother.
Goddammit, it IS by David Seville. He wrote it, he recorded it, he made it
famous. As has been said before, David Seville is an alter ego for Ross
Bagdasarian, and he is definitely the guy who made this record and took it
to #1 in 1958.
What does your mom singing it have to do with anything? Somebody wrote it,
and he was that somebody.
Jessica Raine
I have only two things to say about this coffee argument.
1. Keep this out of rec.music.dementia, s'il vous plait.
2. JOLT! JOLT! JOLT! 'Nuff said.
--Jess, also @ Brandeis
Jann VanOver
>Goddammit, it is NOT by David Seville. My mother was singing that with me
>years ago, and she learned it from HER mother. The song goes:
>
Well, how old is your mother? How old are you?
OK, the song in question WAS recorded by Ross Bagdesarian, and later by
Alvin and the Chipmunks. Because Mr. Bagdesarian was a songwriter, I've
always ASSUMED that he wrote this song. Am I wrong? Did I Ass/U/Me? I
suppose it is fully possible that is an old folk tune that your
grandmother learned at camp or around the sewing circle.
Anybody got the skinny on who actually WROTE this song?